Shortening Periods

[ncwingman]

In blowout games, I've seen a few instances recently where the remaining periods were shortened through mutual agreement (as per 3-2-2-a). However, that got me thinking of a few scenarios where the rule book doesn't seem to have a lot of guidance.

a) Is there a minimum time for each remaining period?

b) Consequently, can the second half be effectively cancelled by having remaining periods be 0 minutes?

c) If I was a head coach, I'd only agree if the time was set to something very random, like 5:17. In the memo they sent out the following Monday, how big would the exasperated sigh be?

[bossman72]

No, no specific time.  If you're making them zero minutes, that's the same as ending the game, which you are allowed to do by mutual agreement.

[Joe Stack]

I had a game where we second half quarters to 2 minutes each before due to lack of available daylight on fields with no lights.